IC 2420
IC 2420
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
393 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 393 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2420 as it looked roughly 393 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 521Spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 523Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 506Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 515Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 2616Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 2651Barred spiral63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 523Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 506Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 515Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 2616Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 2651Barred spiral63 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).